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Santiago Carreras and Mateo Carreras scored tries for opposing teams this weekend. They were scorers in Saturday evening’s match wherein Gloucester were 32-22 winners away to the Newcastle Falcons.
Both Argentine players were playing on the wing. Santiago Carreras scored a first half try for Gloucester. Mateo Carreras matched it in the second half for the Falcons. Despite both being from Argentina and having the same family name, Los Carreras‘ are not related.
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The duo both featured for Argentina in 2021. They are expected to be busy again for Los Pumas in 2022. Mateo Carreras worked his way into the starting lineup and did not disappoint as he scored tries against France and Ireland during Argentina’s November tour of Europe.
Santiago Carreras has moved around the backline. He started on the wing at RWC 2019 before starting at fullback in 2020 and playing in both positions and fly half in 2021.
